Tecopa draws 54 commuters a day, with 2.3 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). Tecopa has 54 jobs; 23 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Tecopa for work; outside it, Lone Pine is the main destination (35%, 117 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tecopa on a workday afternoon
On a workday 23 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 230 people are in Tecopa on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Tecopa’s workers come from
Where Tecopa clocks in
9% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Tecopa: what the 54 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tecopa, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 54. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tecopa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Tecopa
of Tecopa workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Tecopa’s commute, mile by mile
About 96% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Tecopa: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tecopa?
26.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tecopa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lone Pine (35%, 117 mi), Mammoth Lakes (9%, 198 mi), Bishop (4%, 162 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tecopa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tecopa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tecopa
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.